Calling all teens who aren’t already tech geniuses: the Flatiron School today announced it’s launching a coding conservatory for high school students. Sounds #fancy. Called Flatiron After School, the new program will teach students 14 to 18 years old about modern programming languages like JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, a press release stated. It’ll encompass 48 hours of lessons […]

There are a lot of gross stories about tech men (and women) in positions of power — like investors — acting inappropriately… Kathryn Minshew, cofounder of The Muse, described a situation where an investor leaned in so close, she had to put her arm up to block his advances. Read more >

ovable Ink’s agileEMAIL platform increases customer engagement and ROI by serving personalized content to recipients in real time. The system allows marketers to alter the content of emails even after they’ve been delivered. Read more >

Data analytics giant Palantir Technologies has acquired Poptip, the New York startup that helps corporate clients analyze online conversations and conduct social media surveys, according to the Poptip blog. “Our work at Poptip was our first foray in real time data analysis,” wrote Kelsey Falter, who left her college career at Notre Dame to launch the company in 2012. “But […]

At the Bronx fulfillment center for meal delivery startup Plated, hourly workers in lab coats and hair nets pluck those items, plus basil, oil and other ingredients, from white plastic shelves. The ingredients then are packed, with a recipe, into brown cardboard boxes emblazoned with the tagline “Redefining weeknight dinner.” Read more >

The Flatiron School, a private vocational college that runs intensive courses in computer programing, is a new educational institution the city has partnered with to boost its Tech Talent Pipeline program, an initiative the city intends will connect New Yorkers with training – and eventually employment – as its local tech industry booms. Read more >